Sieve the first four ingredients. Mix the rest of the ingredients together and then add to the flour mixture. Beat for 2-3 minutes. Pour into a lined 20 inch round tin. Cook for 1 ½ - 2 hours at 150c. Remove from tin when cool
aw217,
Oct 12, 9:34am
Surprise Chocolate Cake
3 Eggs 1 cup White Sugar 1/2 cup Brown Sugar 1 tsp Vanilla 125gSoftened Butter ½ cupPlain Yoghurt 2½ cup Flour ¼ cup Cocoa 2 tspBaking Soda 250g Chocolate Bits 250gGrated Pumpkin 1 tspCinnamon ½ tspMixed Spice
Mix eggs, Sugars and Vanilla with a beater. Blend in Butter and Yoghurt until smooth. Fold in Chocolate, Pumpkin and combined dry ingredients until combined. Spread into lined 28cm cake ring. Cook for 50 minutes at 180C.
This is from the old Globe cafe in Auckland, I love it. The chocolate, pumpkin and spices blend wonderfully!
michelle_09,
Oct 14, 8:24am
GINGER GEMS From Mondo Cafe in Plimmerton
160g golden syrup 110g butter 1 cup standard flour 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 tsp baking soda 1 tsp baking powder 1 Tbsp ground ginger 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon pinch of mixed spice pinch of nutmeg 1/2 cup milk 1 egg (lightly beaten)
Preheat the Gem Tin in the oven to 180C
Melt the butter and Golden Syrup together in the microwave.
Put all the dry ingredients in a bowl and work out lumps with fingers or fork.
Put milk and egg into melted butter and syrup.
Pour wet ingredients into dry and mix well.
Put a nob of butter into each gem mould and spread around.
Nearly fill each mould and bake for 20 - 25 mins
smileeah,
Oct 30, 8:27am
Anyone by chance know how to make McCafe's Carrot, Walnut and Bran muffins?
trickytash,
Oct 31, 8:01am
Hi, anyone know the recipe for indonesian chicken from 'food for thought' cafe in gisborne?it is delicious!
rrrg,
Jan 3, 8:45am
Any more in particular yummy sweet dishes out there
wesdie,
Jan 3, 7:22pm
I would love to know the recipe for the macadamia carrot cake that the Macadamia Nut Tree farm make.It is the mostest moistest yummyest carrot cake that i have ever tasted.
kirinesha,
Jan 3, 8:21pm
This is from their website:
Smoked Mussel Chowder
25 g butter 1 large onion, peeled and finely diced 2 stalks celery, finely sliced 2 tsp minced garlic 1 tsp celery seed 1 tsp dill seed 1 kg starchy potatoes, peeled 1 litre fish stock 2 cups frozen corn 1 cup cream 250 g Coromandel Smoking Co smoked mussels, diced
Heat butter in a large saucepan and gently cook the onion for 10 min until soft. Add celery, garlic, celery seed, dill seed and cook a further 2-3 min. Chop potatoes roughly and add to pan with stock and simmer gently for 20 min or until potatoes are cooked Mash potatoes roughly in the soup then add corn, cream and smoked mussels. Warm through and garnish with dill
tania58,
Jan 4, 2:30am
Dixon Street Deli (Wellington) Chicken Teriyaki Salad
This is divine.I haven't made it yet because it sounds a little time consuming and expensive… but whenever I want to treat myself (this place isn't cheap!) I get this, and it so happened the recipe was actually in the Cuisine mag a few years back
500g chicken thighs or breasts cut into strips juice of a lemon 3 cloves garlic 2 T soya oil
2 T each of Thai sweet chilli sauce/soy sauce/oyster sauce/sweet soy sauce/brown sugar 1 T fish sauce 1 t tamarind pulp or a square of solid tamarind
marinade chicken in lemon juice, garlic and soya oil overnight place chicken and marinade in saucepan add remaining ingredients and simmer covered for 30 minutes. Resulting liquid should be thick – add bit of chicken stock if necessary
ADD 100g fried mushrooms.
Then cut broccoli, red & yellow capsicum, 3 courgettes, 1 carrot, 1 red onion into chucks and grill until crisp
Cook 400g soft egg noddles.
Mix everything together
tania58,
Jan 4, 2:30am
Dixon Street Deli (Wellington) Chicken Teriyaki Salad
This is divine.I haven't made it yet because it sounds a little time consuming and expensive… but whenever I want to treat myself (this place isn't cheap!) I get this, and it so happened the recipe was actually in the Cuisine mag a few years back
500g chicken thighs or breasts cut into strips juice of a lemon 3 cloves garlic 2 T soya oil
2 T each of Thai sweet chilli sauce/soy sauce/oyster sauce/sweet soy sauce/brown sugar 1 T fish sauce 1 t tamarind pulp or a square of solid tamarind
marinade chicken in lemon juice, garlic and soya oil overnight place chicken and marinade in saucepan add remaining ingredients and simmer covered for 30 minutes. Resulting liquid should be thick – add bit of chicken stock if necessary
ADD 100g fried mushrooms.
Then cut broccoli, red & yellow capsicum, 3 courgettes, 1 carrot, 1 red onion into chucks and grill until crisp
Cook 400g soft egg noddles.
Mix everything together
motorbo,
Jan 4, 3:38am
and dont forget good training, gosh i recently went out to resturant for lunch ordered fish and chips, it was $22.00 - fish was pre-frozen and 1 small portion and when you wentr to cut with the knife and fork the fat ozzed out, i had a tummy ache all afternoon!
motorbo,
Jan 4, 3:38am
and dont forget good training, gosh i recently went out to resturant for lunch ordered fish and chips, it was $22.00 - fish was pre-frozen and 1 small portion and when you wentr to cut with the knife and fork the fat ozzed out, i had a tummy ache all afternoon!!!
anna70k,
Jan 4, 6:48am
What a great find this thread is...keep them coming.
anna70k,
Jan 4, 6:48am
What a great find this thread is.keep them coming.
rainrain1,
Jan 7, 5:42am
Why don't you just copy and paste them into a folder within your documents!
tinkagirl,
Jan 7, 5:44am
Quince Cafe - Lemon Shortbread
300g soft butter 1 cup icing sugar zest of 1 lemon 3 cups sifted plain flour
Preheat over to 180. Cream butter and sugar and zest.Mix in flour.Form mixture into a ball.It will look dry but that is right. Roll out mixture on lightly floured bench.Cut into shapes.Place on tray lined with baking paper.Pick the shapes and bake for about 20 minutes.
tinkagirl,
Jan 7, 5:49am
no need to be rude tigerlilly16
tinkagirl,
Jan 7, 5:53am
I find it sad when people don't share as they can't take them with them and it is actually a compliment when someone wants to make something that you make well.I always share.
angel21_01,
Feb 28, 5:42am
for the person who posted previously about a Churros recipe I got this one off line.
Churros 1 cup water,1/2 cup unsalted butter, 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar, 1/4 teaspoon corse salt, 1 cup all-purpose flour, 3 eggs, vegetable oil for frying, confectioners sugar (icing sugar) for dusting.
1.In a medium saucepan combine water, butter,sugar and salt.bring to a boil over med-high heat.Reduce heat to low and sift in flour, stirring for 1 min
2.transfer flour mixture to a bowl of a electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment.on low speed, add eggs 1 at a time, beating until incorporated after each addition.spoon mixture into a pastry bag fitted with a large open star tip.
3.Heat 4-5 inches of oil in a large Dutch-oven until it registers 160 degrees on a deep fry thermometer.holding pastry bag a few inches abouve the oil, swueeze out batter snipping off 4 inch lengths with a knife or kitchen shears.Fry flipping once until deep golden brown all over approx 4 min
4.using a slotted spoon transfer churros to a paper towel lined baking sheet to drain.
5. roll churros in confectioners' sugar
angel21_01,
Feb 28, 5:42am
for the person who posted previously about a Churros recipe I got this one off line.
Churros 1 cup water,1/2 cup unsalted butter, 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar, 1/4 teaspoon corse salt, 1 cup all-purpose flour, 3 eggs, vegetable oil for frying, confectioners sugar (icing sugar) for dusting.
1.In a medium saucepan combine water, butter,sugar and salt.bring to a boil over med-high heat.Reduce heat to low and sift in flour, stirring for 1 min
2.transfer flour mixture to a bowl of a electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment.on low speed, add eggs 1 at a time, beating until incorporated after each addition.spoon mixture into a pastry bag fitted with a large open star tip.
3.Heat 4-5 inches of oil in a large Dutch-oven until it registers 160 degrees on a deep fry thermometer.holding pastry bag a few inches abouve the oil, swueeze out batter snipping off 4 inch lengths with a knife or kitchen shears.Fry flipping once until deep golden brown all over approx 4 min
4.using a slotted spoon transfer churros to a paper towel lined baking sheet to drain.
5. roll churros in confectioners' sugar
elliehen,
Mar 23, 10:14am
Bumping for rthomas80 :)
rthomas80,
Mar 23, 10:20am
thanks im going to give it a try on saturday
angel410,
Apr 3, 11:16pm
Hi, does anyone have the receipe for Macadamia Toffee Cake, I have had it a blossoms in Kumeu and would love to make it this weekend.Thanks
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